What
is the LQTS? |
What
are the symptoms?
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Diagnostic
criteria for the Long QT Syndrome.
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Who
are at risk for having LQTS and how common is this condition?
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The
Long QT Syndrome: The Prospective International Study. The Prospective
Longitudinal Study of Families. The LQTS
International Registry.
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Age-gender
influence on the rate corrected QT interval genotype and phenotype.
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The
Jervell A, Lange-Nielsen F. Congenital deaf-mutism or surdo-cardiac
syndrome.
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The
Romano-Ward Long QT Syndrome variant.
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LQTS3
variant and Brugada disease: 2 aspects of the same disease?
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LQTS
and Andersen's syndrome.
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ECG
T-wave patterns in genetically distinct forms of the hereditary
Long QT Syndrome.
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What
is the QT-interval? What is borderline QT?
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Pregnancy
and LQTS. Can pregnancy be a trigger in Long QT Syndrome?
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What
are known triggers in Long QT Syndrome?
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Torsade
de Pointes ventricular tachycardia.
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The
role of M cells in the generation of U waves, triggered activity
and Torsade de
Pointes.
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Sudden
cardiac death in young people with apparently normal heart: cardiovascular
causes.
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When
should a check for Long QT Syndrome be considered?
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Influence
of genotype on the clinical course of the syndrome.
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Treatment
and who should be treated?
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Unilateral
cervicothoracic sympathetic ganglionectomy for the treatment of
Long QT
inteval síndrome and video-assisted
thoracoscopic sympathectomy for congenital Long
QT Syndromes.
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Beta
blockers, mexiletine, potasium and other drugs.
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Is
there a role for implantable cardioverter defibrillators in Long
QT Syndrome?
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Follow
up of medical treatment´s patients.
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LQTS
and sudden infant death syndrome.
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The
future: genetics manipulation.
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